Neighborhood physical conditions and health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 467-471

  Cohen, Deborah A ^a,b   Mason, Karen ^b   Bedimo, Ariane ^b   Scribner, Richard ^b   Basolo, Victoria ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037369427     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.3.467     Document Type: Article

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